Eutelsat held its AGM on September 30th and shareholders approved all of the resolutions put before them. The main points were: 1st resolution: Ratification of the appointment of Mr. Michel Combes as Director of the Company. 2nd resolution: Ratification of the appointment of Ms. Lucia Sinapi-Thomas as Director of the Company. 3rd resolution: Ratification of […]

AccelerComm, a provider of flight-proven 5G technology for satellite networks, and Radisys Corporation, a specialist in open telecom solutions, have announced that a joint project to support the development of the next generation of Non-Terrestrial Networks has been funded through the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund (IBF). This project will tighten the integration of […]

Amazon’s Project Kuiper plans to see its next batch of broadband satellites launched on October 8th, subject to the usual weather limitations. The launch will be handled by SpaceX on one of its Falcon 9 rockets. 24 satellites will be carried to low Earth orbit. The launch, dubbed KF-03, will use the Falcon 9’s first […]

Quilty Space has published its 2025 financial overview and 2026 forecast for Starlink, SpaceX’s broadband-by-satellite system. Quilty described Starlink as enjoying a “subscriber stampede”. “Part checkup, part roadmap, our analysis reviews traction across consumer, maritime, aviation, government, and DTC segments, before sharing projections of where the growth curve bends next,” added Quilty’s report. Quilty highlights […]

Tusass, Greenland’s national provider of telco services, has signed a strategic multi-year agreement to bring Eutelsat’s OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity to Greenland. The expanded partnership will enable the delivery of secure communications across the country’s vast and remote territory. Tusass will leverage Eutelsat’s OneWeb network to address a wide range of connectivity needs—from […]

AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 6 satellite, also known as FM1, has “completed final assembly and testing and is ready for flight” according to a company statement. The satellite has been a long time reaching this point and was originally expected to launch much earlier this summer. It will now ship to India on a giant Antonov […]

Space42, the Abu Dhabi-based satellite operator which also owns the fleet of Thuraya satellites, says its latest addition – Thuraya-4 – is now on station at 44.3 degrees East in its geostationary orbital slot following a period of testing following its launch in January 2025. Space42’s predecessor business was known as YahSat. “Launched in January […]

ViaSat-3 Flight 2 (VS-3 F2) – the second of three VS-3 Ultra-high capacity satellites – is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. It will lift off aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket provided by United Launch Alliance (ULA) in the second half of October. Once […]

Aerial communications specialist Aalto, which is owned by Airbus, says its HAPS (High Altitude Platform Station) is close to flying the technology, having completed long-term tests with its Zephyr high-flying lightweight aircraft. Aalto is not alone in pushing the technology. US-based (in New Mexico) Sceye is also backing HAPS which it describes as a balloon-based […]

SpaceX’s next flight of its giant Starship (test flight 11) is likely to launch on October 13th. The date has been confirmed by SpaceX, and the US Coast Guard’s local Notice to Mariners talks of the flight taking place between 6.15pm and 8.22pm on the 13th (US Central Time), but the Coast Guard also lists […]